Tap Dance Songs

This article consists of some good tap dance songs that you can practice with to improve your tap dancing skills. Read on to know more about songs for tap dancing...

'Dancing is dreaming with your feet'. - Author Unknown

Choosing tap dance songs is very easy. You simply have to go in for those tracks on which your feet will be able to catch up with the rhythm and tempo. There are hundreds of songs available that can be played and used for tap dancing. If you are thinking of choosing fast songs to tap to, it is not a necessity that you should consider only those which have rapid beats. You can certainly tap dance on slow songs as well. You just have to tap on those points which do not have beats played, but being in the rhythm of the music. Let us know more about tap dance first, before moving on to a list of good songs for feet tapping.

General Information about Tap Dance

Tap dance is a kind of dance wherein the dancer exclusively uses his feet. The upper part of the body is not moved much. In this dance, the dancer puts on special kinds of shoes which have metal plates at the heel, at the toe, and some other places. The performer dances with tapping such shoes onto a hard surface in a rhythmic pattern with the appropriate kind of music. The sound that comes out of the tapping is similar to that made by professional percussionists. Tap dancers only need a specific rhythm, and it is up to them to make variations in tapping, being in sync with the tempo of the song playing. The following is a list of some songs that can be played for the purpose of tap dancing.

Best Tap Dance Songs

Beethoven For Book Lovers - Beethoven

Feels So Good - Chuck Mangione

Dance Dance - Fall Out Boy

Love Etc. - Pet Shop Boys

A Night In Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie

Waltz for Debby - Bill Evans

Safety Dance - Men Without Hats

A Train - Duke Ellington/ Billy Strayhorn

Blasphemous Rumors - Depeche Mode

Up Jumped Spring - Freddie Hubbard

Been There Before - Hanson

Through the Fire and the Flames - Dragonforce

My Best Friend - Tim McGraw

Fireflies - Owl City

Get Into the Groove - Madonna

Oleo - Sonny Rollins

Little Town Flirt - Del Shannon

Nightlife - Iamx

Bye Bye Blackbird - John Coltrane/ Miles Davis

Can't Stop the Moonlight - Leann Rimes

From This Moment On - Shania Twain

The Dog Song - Nellie McKay

When I Grow Up - Garbage

I've Heard That Song Before - Helen Forrest

On the Hotline - Pretty Ricky

The Fantasy - 30 Seconds to Mars

Secret Love - Sammy Fain

Pour Un Flirt - Michel Delpech

Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington

Battle Flag - Lo Fidelity Allstars

Dreams For Plans - Shakira

My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors - Moxy Fruvous

Billie's Bounce - Charlie Parker

Shiny Stockings - Count Basie

Cute - Count Basie

I'm No Stranger to the Rain - Keith Whitley

Knives And Pens - Black Veiled Brides

Hounddog - Elvis Presley

In a Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington/ John Coltrane

Believe - Josh Groban

Caravan - Thelonious Monk

Satin Doll - Duke Ellington/ Billy Strayhorn

Sound Number One - Pure Oxygen

Take 5 - Dave Brubeck

She Cries - Kelly Mueller

Get To You - James Morrison

Now's the Time - Charlie Parker

Little Sunflower - Freddie Hubbard

Lullaby of the Leaves - Mary Lou Williams

A Train - Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn

On Green Dolphin Street - John Coltrane/ Miles Davis

Anthropology - Charlie Parker

A Night In Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie

White and Nerdy - Weird Al Yankovic

Note that this list also comprises modern dance songs that can be tapped to.